So many great suggestions - I knew I could count on this community to help clear my mind on this. I was thinking initially about a Hamilton Khaki Aviation with the slide-rule bezel (so cool), but sending the young man a thousand miles away to live in a college dorm, and go to parties and everything else, with a $2k watch on his wrist seems a bit illogical. I like the idea of waiting for him to finish his program successfully and get his degree to give him a nicer watch. A Speedmaster is an excellent idea (perhaps mine, although I've had it for just a year), or the Hamilton, a Breitling, or a Longines. There's time to decide. In the meantime, I'm thinking about the Nighthawk or a Seiko SNA flight alarm chronograph.
Keep 'em coming! I'm still open to ideas
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